Nicholas "Nick" Lucena (born September 22, 1979) is an American professional

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

player. He and his current teammate,

Phil Dalhausser Philip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is a Swiss-born American professional beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. He and his former playing partner, Todd Rogers, were the 2007 AVP Tour and FIVB world champions. Dalha ...

, played in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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. He plays as a defender behind Dalhausser's block. Lucena and Dalhausser have qualified to represent the United States at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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* * * * * * * 1979 births Living people American men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of the United States Beach volleyball defenders Sportspeople from Broward County, Florida Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{US-volleyball-bio-stub